Jon Cleary do Not Disturb

"Do Not Disturb" is the band’s 13th studio album and was recorded in the closing months of 2015 and the Spring of 2016. A true group effort, Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans continue to follow in the tradition of Van Der Graaf Generator by delivering an album that is both powerful and possesses and emotive beauty. "Do Not Disturb" is another highlight of the band’s career, during which their music has been influential on successive generations of musicians. It is surely one of the key album releases of 2016.

"Do Not Disturb" is the band’s 13th studio album and was recorded in the closing months of 2015 and the Spring of 2016. A true group effort, Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans continue to follow in the tradition of Van Der Graaf Generator by delivering an album that is both powerful and possesses and emotive beauty. "Do Not Disturb" is another highlight of the band’s career, during which their music has been influential on successive generations of musicians. It is surely one of the key album releases of 2016.

Do Not Disturb is the thirteenth studio album by British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was released, on Esoteric Recordings, on 30 September 2016. Reviewing the album for TeamRock, Kris Needs reported that vocalist Peter Hammill had sent organist Hugh Banton and drummer Guy Evans a CD of the new songs, which they spent a week rehearsing, another week recording backing tracks, then six months overdubbing and tweaking at their home studios. Of the album, Needs said: If, as Peter Hammill has indicated, this is the last Van der Graaf album, these winners of Prog’s Lifetime Achievement award this year are going out with the kind of mind-joltingly gorgeous roller coaster that made them one of the greatest genuinely progressive bands of all time. But there’s also a noticeably reflective aura and sense of closure around their 13th album…

Jon Cleary - Live At Chickie Wah Wah (2017) {FHQ Records FHQ006}
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Neo-Soul / Jazz / Blues / R&B / Funk / New Orleans Blues / Soul-Blues

This is the long-awaited and much requested recording of Jon Cleary captured live at his regular New Orleans Tuesday night gig at local hang Chickie Wah Wah. On this new disc, his first solo piano record, Jon plays an even mix of his own compositions. With favorites like “When You Get Back” and covers of obscure old RnB tunes he learnt from the likes of Snooks Eaglin, Earl King and Jessie Hill, these tracks showcase his rocking and funky barrelhouse New Orleans piano style, stripped down and raw.

Jon Cleary - Dyna-Mite (2018) {FHQ Records FHQ008}
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Neo-Soul / Blues / R&B / Funk / New Orleans Blues / Soul-Blues

After winning his first Grammy and constantly touring across the world, Cleary returns with his ten-song LP Dyna-Mite on Thirty Tigers. Cleary's fingerprints are omnipresent throughout, with his hip-shaking piano playing in the spirit of the Crescent City. The R&B / funk / soul-imbued movable feast epitomizes his moniker of multi-instrumentalist, too. And after writing every song on the album but one, it made sense for him to look to his talented group of New Orleans musicians to round out the roots and emotion of Dyna-Mite.